Kari Lake, a top Trump ally and senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, defended sweeping cuts to the taxpayer-funded news agency that serves nations with restricted press freedom during a tense Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday.

In her first appearance before Congress, Lake defended her leadership and argued that USAGM should be downsized, with the goal of dismantling it entirely. 

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